Coleophora's

Coleophora deauratella

Coleophora deauratella gen plate

Coleophora serratella

A little quiet in the trap last night so some dissection news of 2 Coleophora's caught in the garden and on the Mendips the night of 25th June. Initially ID'd as Coleophora frischella/alcyonipennella/deauratella the first moth turned out to be deauratella. The other trapped on the same night on the Mendips was determined as serratella.

More migrants

Small Marbled

I was so close to missing this one. Kicking out the moths last night, this little chap was sat on the top of the trap having gone undetected by me and the sparrows all day. It took some time to ID it as I spent most of my time looking through books on Pyralids. Very easy to be overlooked as a micro.

Migrant moths

Ostrinia nubilalis aka European Corn Borer

A few migrant moths around with the spread of the fine weather. The most common immigrant was Small Mottled Willow with small numbers reaching South Somerset so far. Locally, Silver Y, Plutella xylostella and Ostrinia nubilalis were the only migrants to be found.

Mendip mothing

Tinea semifulvella

Lesser Cream Wave

Common Lutestring

A good selection of moths from the West Mendip Way on Saturday night. Some species still to be determined but highlights included: Purple Clay, Blomer's Rivulet, Mocha, Common Lutestring, Green Arches, Lesser Cream Wave, Tinea semifulvella, Cryptoblabes bistriga, Eana incanana and the target moth Salebriopsis albicilla.

23rd June

Orache Moth

Olive Crescent

The Many-lined

Still quiet on the bird front and the moths not much better. Here are a few of my recent catches, shame they weren't from the Garden trap.

16th June

Eidophasia messingiella

Gypsonoma sociana

Myelois circumvoluta

Garden moth trap: A bit quiet in the trap for year ticks. Aphomia sociella is doing well this year with small numbers each night. Gypsonoma sociana was new for the garden yesterday.

13th June

Coleophora adjunctella Male Genitalia plate

Coleophora adjunctella

12th June:

Weston STW: 1 Wigeon and 1 Pochard on UV pools

Weston: A Siskin north over Bushacre Business Park during the evening.

13th June:

Garden Moth trap: Eidophasia messingiella (4th county record) the highlight of last nights trap along with NFY's Elephant Hawk, Dot Moth, Blue-bordered Carpet.

News from 2nd/3rd June. The Coleophora thought to be discordella has been determined as C.adjunctella. There appear to be no previous records of this species in the Bristol District.

11th June

Epinotia abbreviana

Sand Bay: 1 Whimbrel and <10 Swallow through

9th June

Rannoch Looper

Glyphipterix simpliciella

Garden moth trap: Rannoch Looper

Sand Point: A westerly passage of Common Swift. Glyphipterix simpliciella nectaring on Oxeye Daisy

8th June

Sand Point: 3 Pomarine Skuas together flying down channel at 7pm

6th June

Choreutis pariana

Endothenia nigricostana

Garden moth trap: Endothenia nigricostana on friday night. Reared from a Crab Apple tree near Bushacre Bus Park Apple-leaf Skeletonizer Choreutis pariana

5th June

Phyllonorycter trifasciella

Ancylis achatana

Glyphypterix thrasonella

Garden moth trap: This weekend NFY's Ancylis achatana, Phyllonorycter trifasciella, Glyphypterix thrasonella, Endothenia nigricostana, Barred Yellow

3rd June

Garden moth trap: ID'd so far Larch Pug NFG, Cydia pomonella, Coleophora discordella TBC, Dichrorampha sp. TBC, Elachista atricomella TBC, Caloptilia semifascia NFG, Nephopterix angustella. Yesterday The Magpie NFY